Smarter people listen to instrumental music: study

New York Post ^ | May 23rd, 2019 | By Hannah Sparks

[Gamecock]

Bob Cobb seems to be a bright guy.

[nopardons]

Wonderful story, Leni and so close to many other posters on this thread! :-)

Once upon a time, "entertainment" was something that families engaged in at home, besides outside the home. Those families who could afford to, bought a piano and/or other instruments and children were given serious lessons! Classical music, ethnic music, and yes, even popular songs were deriguere! And those who didn't play an instrument sang.

[Chickensoup]

What a wonderful story. Many of us were well educated in music and have a love for it. We have all been influenced by families who loved and enjoyed music.

I had no musicians in my family but we had a profound appreciation of music and my great grand Aunt sang at the Bushnell in her youth. Back in the day when all people had accomplishments.

[MinuteGal]

See # 200 upthread.

Leni

[nopardons]

Forgot to add...the fabric on a piano was called a "piano shawl" and became fashionable in the late teens-early 1920s. My grandmother had two of them, one a white silk, with delicate embroidery sparsely all over it and the second one was a heavier black silk one which was heavily embroidered with a lush, many colored floral design; both of which had long fringe.

Sadly, both of these piano shawls bit the dust/kind of disintegrated in the late '60s, so I only have picture and fond memories of them. OTOH I do have her apartment grand piano ensconced in my living room, as well as her tall, matching music chest.

[wideminded]

Really smart people cannot listen to the illogic of jazz.

In my experience, really smart people are the audience for jazz and sometimes also play jazz.

One of the first people I knew who was really into jazz is a professional mathematician.

[amihow]

T Bone Walker ?

[seenenuf]

Hey Leni, you great story teller you! Thanks for this latest - and making me recall my Aunt Mary’s black piano shawl - the fringe must have been 10 inches long. My grandparents gave me years of piano lessons, violin and drum and would be sad that I like jazz and opera more than playing the piano.

[TBP]

A friend of my dad’s was the great jazz pianist Johnny Guarnieri. Johnny played with Hampton and knew (and I think played with) Fats Waller.

And a former member of our church was a jazz player. Jazz is somewhat freeform, creative. But it’s not chaos. It’s a creative collaboration every time.

“There are no wrong notes in jazz, only wrong resolutions.”